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Police, Nov. 3

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A small change bag was found in the parking lot of Boyer's Food, 999 W. 15th St., at around 2 p.m Thursday.

The owner can claim it at the Hazleton Police Department by asking for either Patrolman Keith McAlarney or Patrolman First Class James Senape, the evidence officer.

Woman in Butler crash identified

Butler Township police identified a woman who was trapped inside her vehicle after a crash Oct. 25.

Elaine Glowatch, West Hazleton, lost control of the vehicle, which rolled over several times, on North Hunter Highway near Birchwood Drive.

Glowatch was trapped inside the vehicle for about 40 minutes, police said. She was extricated by emergency responders and flown to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, with unspecified injuries.

Abandoned meth lab found

An abandoned methamphetamine lab was found by a wildlife conservation officer with the Pennsylvania Game Commission on Oct. 17 at about 9:30 a.m. along Hobbie Mountain Road, north of Bentwood Road, Butler Township police said.

The lab was disposed of by members of the state police Clandestine Laboratory Response Team.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police by calling 570-788-4111.

Woman cited for harassment

Aurora Marte-Tavarez, 58, West Hazleton, was cited for harassment and disorderly conduct by borough police after officers said they responded to West Hazleton Elementary/Middle School Monday around 3:36 p.m. for a report of an assault.

Police said Julissa Crespo, 37, West Hazleton, told them Marte-Tavarez yelled profanities at and assaulted her.

Four face citations after incident

Four people face citations for disorderly conduct and harassment after West Hazleton police responded to two separate domestic disputes Wednesday morning.

The first happened when police were called to 203 N. Fourth St. at about 3 a.m. at the request of Kevin Eberly, 29, Hazleton, who sustained facial injuries after his girlfriend, Sharre Kendra, 26, West Hazleton, hit him, police said. Kendra, police said, accused Eberly of shoving her and noted she sustained injuries to her toes.

Both refused medical treatment, police said.

The second incident happened at about 8 a.m. when police responded to 204 Allen St. and spoke to Shirreta McKinney, 34, West Hazleton, who told officers she and her ex-boyfriend, Herman Ayala, 32, Hazleton got into a physical dispute.

City police search for hit-run driver

Hazleton police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that allegedly hit a pedestrian Wednesday.

Police said Gily Kelly, 21, West Hazleton, told them she was walking north on the sidewalk, on the west side of Wyoming Street, around noon when she was hit by a vehicle traveling east on Hemlock Street.

Kelly described the vehicle as a white, newer-model Jeep which was driven by a white woman who appeared to be in her 60s, police said.

The vehicle was last seen traveling south on Wyoming Street.

Kelly complained of leg pain and was taken to Hazleton General Hospital by American Patient Transport Systems Inc.

Anyone with information or video of the accident is asked to contact police at 570-459-4940 or 911.

Man charged after incident

Hazleton police said they responded to the 900 block of North Church Street for an assault Tuesday at about 1 p.m. and later apprehended Ryan Montgomery, 38, Shenandoah in the area of North Wyoming and Green streets.

Montgomery was charged with robbery, criminal attempt to commit aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment. He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Diana Malast and committed to the Luzerne County prison in lieu of $5,000 bail.

Coaldale man faces assault charges

Raymond C. Mayers, 26, Coaldale, was charged with simple assault and harassment by borough police after a domestic dispute Oct. 18 at an apartment on West Phillips Street, arrest papers state.

He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Anthony J. Kilker, who set bail at 10 percent of $25,000 and unable to immediately post that, was taken to jail. He awaits a preliminary hearing.

Tamaqua woman faces theft charges

Kristina M. Martin, 19, Tamaqua, was charged with three counts of theft and one count of receiving stolen property after allegedly stealing money from her employer, arrest papers state.

She was charged by Tamaqua police after a Boyer's Food Market employee told police Martin made a total of 18 transactions for store patrons and then voided the transactions from Sept. 13 through Oct. 5, keeping the money, totaling $400.14.

Percy Brown, 32, Tamaqua, was charged with simple assault and harassment by borough police after an incident Oct. 18 at about 2 a.m. outside of a borough pub.

In arrest papers, police said two women told them Brown punched them and another, unidentified man after an argument inside the business. One of the women allegedly was knocked unconscious and was taken to a hospital, court papers state.

Freeland resident faces charges

Jamie L. Brownlie, 30, Freeland, was charged by state police at Hazleton with receiving stolen property and conspiracy to receive stolen property after jewelry was reported stolen from a Foster Township home in late September, court papers state.

Brownlie was arraigned Oct. 24 by Magisterial District Judge Gerald Feissner, who set bail at $10,000.

Hazle Twp. man faces charges

A 21-year-old Hazle Township man faces charges after allegedly tampering with a co-worker's vehicle and then being found with drugs and paraphernalia by police, arrest papers state.

James E. Davis Jr., Hazle Township, was charged by Hazleton police with possession of a controlled substance, use or possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, and awaits a formal arraignment in Luzerne County Court, Wilkes-Barre. A court docket states the charges were held for court during a hearing Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Joseph Zola.

Court papers state police were dispatched at about 12:16 a.m. Sept. 10 to a business parking lot on Dietrich Avenue, 10 where Davis was allegedly seen near a co-worker's vehicle. Police were told by a bystander that it sounded like air was being let out of the vehicle's tires, court papers state, after a co-worker told him to leave work.

Court papers state police found Davis getting into a taxi at Thirlwell Avenue and East Street and stopped the cab. Police wrote Davis was taken into custody and found with two bundles of suspected heroin, weighing 4.6 grams, a syringe and a spoon.

Teens face criminal mischief charges

State police at Hazleton charged Cali Austin Gould, 19, of Hazleton, and a 15-year-old girl with criminal mischief after police said they smashed windows out of Aimee L. Gordick's and Christopher M. Braskey's vehicle and Route 940 residence in Hazle Township around 4:40 p.m. Oct. 24.

Police said Gould and the girl were found at 233-235 Muir Ave. in Hazleton.

Gould will be charged through Hazle Township district court and the girl faces charges from the Luzerne County Juvenile Probation Office.

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